US-based artists Esquare have presented their side of the story regarding the widely circulated video depicting their confrontation with Nigerian singer Portable.

According to a report by Vistanaij Media, Portable took to his Instagram story to reveal that a group of individuals had invaded his home and physically attacked him after he failed to perform at a show for which he had been paid.

Portable disclosed that he had been rushed to the hospital due to severe pain and acknowledged that he had been treated poorly by these people.

Providing further details of the incident, he described the events leading up to his hospitalization, explaining that approximately 40 people had assaulted him, resulting in serious injuries and a broken leg.

He explained that he had initially been booked for an event by two African-American individuals in December of the previous year. However, as the new year arrived, the cost increased. Portable claimed that he had informed them about the additional expense and even recorded a video to address the matter. Nevertheless, they demanded a refund, expressing dissatisfaction with the content he had provided.

In response, Esquare countered the reports of assaulting Portable in his house, clarifying that the incident took place at a rented venue.

They recounted how they had paid Portable 2.5 million Naira to collaborate on a song, shoot a music video, and agreed upon a date after numerous postponements.

On the day of the scheduled shoot, Portable failed to appear, citing distance as the reason. However, they eventually reached an agreement and paid him an additional 1 million Naira. They then traveled to Ogun to pick him up for the video shoot in Ajah, Lekki.

Tensions escalated when Esquare requested a refund of the extra 1 million Naira, as they had already given the amount to Portable’s manager. Subsequently, the situation turned unpleasant.

“I am Dr Fortunate and Prince and we are Esquare

There is a viral video going on where my brother and I happened to be on those videos. I just want to address the public misconception because a lot of false information was given out.

Sometimes last year May, our manager in the United States contacted Portable’s manager and they reached an agreement on the collaboration. We agreed on N2.5 million. When we paid the N1.5 million, the beat was sent to Portable’s manager and he did his own version and brought it back to us and we did some changes and everything came out perfect.

We agreed that the music video would be done on September 23rd. My brought and I made the necessary arrangements on how to fly down to Nigeria to do the music video, and we saw on his manager’s Instagram handle that he would be on a tour during that time.

We decided to postpone it to the festive period in December, which Portable’s manager agreed to. Then we had a change of mind and wanted to do the video shoot in Houston, Texas where we are based, since he was on your in the US but Portable’s manager declined.

A date was later fixed for September 21st. He failed to show up on time to the music video shoot and when we called our manager to inform his manager of the appointment, our manager realized that Portable’s manager had sent a message canceling the shoot as it was too far from Portable’s location which is Sango, Ogun State.

Through a friend, we were able to reach Portable directly. At first, he denied us and asked for proof, which we sent to him and he demanded an extra N1 million, claiming that his manager had collected N500,000 from the N1 million they sent to him.

We gave him the money and even had to drive from Ajah, Lekki to Ogun State to pick him up and when we got to the location, he started exhibiting erratic behavior and demanded we make it snappy since he has out her engagements.

When we tried talking things with him after the shoot about the extra money we paid him, he flared up and said he was a member of a cult group and would call Area boys to cancel the event and kill us”.

This is what @esquare have to say on the issue with @portable at the recent while they wanted to shoot their music video collaboration at ajah.@instablog9ja pic.twitter.com/9iz0JQN1Pg

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